mystification

Vitali’s grown children speak with a mix of understanding and mystification at how completely their father devoted himself to another person, sometimes at the expense of being fully present in their lives.

And we made the decision to keep a bit of mystification around how the instruments work, because we prefer to look at them as a vessel of love.

The lesson is refreshingly practical: There is no need to appeal to misty mystifications to account for a trend that is easily explained by economic hardship and social isolation.

“Its fascination with Brandon becomes a kind of credulity, a willingness to accept uncritically the mystifications of a proven liar,” he wrote.

Telling Mom to take a hike is “so tough”; I don’t share your mystification.